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ahead of the pack

ahead of the pack prepositional phrase: performing better than others.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Performing better than others.
    • Some very significant but not very widely known news (even in the sector itself) is that rail is not only uniquely placed to benefit from this promised change of direction, there is already solid evidence to put the rail sector ahead of the pack as a potential investment priority.2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in Rail, page 3

Questions about ahead of the pack

What does ahead of the pack mean?
Ahead of the pack means performing better than others.
What part of speech is ahead of the pack?
Ahead of the pack is a prepositional phrase.

Words near ahead of the pack in the dictionary

  1. ahead of
  2. ahead of one's time
  3. ahead of schedule
  4. ahead of the curve
  5. ahead of the game
  6. ahead of the pack
  7. ahead of time
  8. aheadness
  9. aheap
  10. Ahearn
  11. Ahearns

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